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Why is it Smart For Employees to Build their Personal Brand?
The culture of business is changing. How we seek work and get hired will be drastically different in the next few years. Having a strong personal brand as an employee gives you an incredible amount of leverage and security. It might not make you âfire-proofâ but it will make sure if you do get let go, youâll land on your feet, fast.
In the modern job market, a personal brand isnât something reserved for sports stars, Hollywood celebs, and billionaires. A personal brand is becoming a necessary method for differentiating yourself, even for entry-level jobs.
The job market will only become more competitive, so itâs essential that you start taking steps to build your personal brand now, and get a jump start on your competition.
5 Reasons why Personal Branding is important for Employees
Here are five reasons why a personal brand is important as an employee.
A Personal Brand Will Give You Peace-Of-Mind And Options : A personal brand can give you an increased level of security at your current job, but at the end of the day, thereâs no such thing as job security in todayâs world. The concept of the âCompany Manâ is dead and gone, and companies are forcing their employees to work harder and longer. Why? Because they can â thereâs 15 other people that will take that job tomorrow. Building a personal brand is one of the only forms of security available to the modern employee. Itâs not job security, itâs more-so personal security. Wherever you are currently employed, chances are you will not still be there within the next 3-5 years. You will either choose to move on, or youâll get fired. Either way, when that time does come, a personal brand gives you options. A personal brand gives you peace-of-mind that regardless of what happens with your current employment, that youâll either be able to start your own business quickly, or, get land a new job with a different company without much stress.
A Personal Brand Will Help You Land A Good Job :The job search can be grueling and discouraging at times. Today, millions of college graduates are either unemployed or under-employed and struggling to find a well-paying job. Instead of spending months-on-end sending out resumes, find a job that will pay your bills and focus on building a personal brand for a couple months. Then start applying to great jobs, selectively. This will allow you to be strategic for the jobs you do apply for and allow you to be patient because every week and month that goes by, youâre building up equity in your personal brand. When you apply for a job, start tailoring your resume for each application and positioning yourself and your skills based on the job description. For example, if you are looking for a job in Social Media Marketing. Buy a domain name, and managed WordPress hosting from GoDaddy for $15 + $10/mo., create a blog, and create a short online training program that teaches small business owners how to use social media to grow their business. Now when you apply for jobs, youâre not just someone whoâs unemployed with a psychology degree looking for a social media job; youâre now the Founder of the âSocial Media Small Business Success Academyâ, or whatever you call your training program. Strategically building your personal brand automatically differentiates you from everyone else applying. Laying the foundation of your personal brand by positioning yourself as an authority can be done fairly quickly. You just need to be strategic, keep it simple, and execute against a game plan with consistency.
A Personal Brand Will Accelerate Your Promotion Timeline : Not only can a personal brand help you land a job, but it can help you get promoted faster at the job you already have. If youâre looking to get on the fast track to the next level of leadership in your company, a personal brand is one of the best ways to set yourself apart. A personal brand wonât make up for sub-par performance in your role, but it is definitely something that can put you above the competition if there are multiple people, already performing at a high level, who are all jockeying for the next management or executive position. Creating a personal brand thatâs in alignment with your companyâs goals, is something that wonât go un-noticed. It wonât be something that happens over night, but, if you are generating more brand-awareness and, as a result, more customers for your company, itâs just a matter of time before you move up the ranks.
A Personal Brand Will Attract Better Job Offers : Having a strong personal brand gives you visibility in your industry that can, and almost certainly will, lead to better job offers. When you build up your personal brand as a thought leader in your industry, and build an audience or following, other companies will take notice. How great would that be to have multiple companies randomly offering you positions saying theyâll pay your current salary plus 15%. Sounds crazy right? It happens all the time. Companies are willing to pay more money to people who get results. This puts you in an awesome position to not only get paid well, but, also to find a company that you believe in and love. Once you find a company that you believe in and love, plant your flag there and turn down other offers that come in. Sometimes turning down a more money, is the best thing you can do for your personal brand â everyone wants what they canât have.
A Personal Brand Will Allow You To Negotiate A Higher Salary :One of the key things to do when building your personal brand is to do your best to track the performance and impact of your reach. Even if all you can measure is reach and clicks to your company website, you can then take your companyâs average conversion rate and apply that percentage to the traffic your personal brand is generating. That will give you a ball-park figure of your personal impact on the bottom line. When your next salary conversation or 360 review comes up, you can make a case to negotiate a higher salary at your current position for adding additional brand awareness and customers. If youâre interviewing for a new position, a personal brand gives you leverage in the salary conversation. Most companies will have a salary range they are willing to pay for the position. A personal brand that has a following that is aligned with the company will give you leverage to negotiate above the top-end of their salary window for the position. if you have 20,000 followers on twitter and a blog that gets an extra 20,000 page views per month, that gives you an insane amount of leverage that will allow you to ask for a salary above their limit.
If youâre not building a personal brand and negotiating your salary, youâre leaving BIG money on the table.
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đ My Story : The Journey Thus Far
Vandana Nanda, is the Founder and CEO of Winbrand Academy, an Online Personal Branding and Digital Marketing School.
After working in the corporate world with IT and Education companies for over two and a half decades, Vandana decided to venture online in 2020 on a full time basis.
Working online with Time Freedom and Financial freedom has been a long cherished goal for her. Vandana has travelled the world and experienced both extremes of life , going from being a successful corporate executive and a homemaker to being a single parent and bringing up two young children while also focussing on a full time corporate job.
She has been able to bounce back, learn new skills and continue on her path to achieving Financial and Time Freedom. She has made it her mission to achieve financial freedom herself and also help thousands of people across the globe to find financial freedom by doing what they love. Through Winbrand Academy ,she is helping Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, Real Estate Agents, Insurance Brokers, Authors, Actors, Musicians, Lawyers, Teachers, Industry-Specific Professionals, and of course, people with a specific Passion from around the globe brand themselves.
Vandanaâs purpose is to help people brand themselves as Leaders and Authorities in either their specific niche or in whatever their passion is while creating an income doing what they love.
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